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  1. NatJ

    Chicken found dead, no obvious cause, new chicken owner, advice appreciated

    Exactly. They think it's a treat (because it is not available all the time), but you know it is still a complete feed, just in a slightly different form.
  2. NatJ

    Chicken found dead, no obvious cause, new chicken owner, advice appreciated

    Was the egg right up against the inside of the vent? That area almost looks like it has an egg-shaped bulge in the picture.
  3. NatJ

    Chicken found dead, no obvious cause, new chicken owner, advice appreciated

    You can make a wet mash with their normal pellets or crumbles, and they will also think it is a treat. That is even easier than buying a separate kind of feed to make mash as a "treat."
  4. NatJ

    Anyone Want To Talk About Genetics!?!

    I would expect Black Copper Marans to be pretty much the same, whether they come from a black-only breeding program or from a Black/Blue/Splash breeding program. Yes, using that rooster with your hens would probably work fine.
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    Need help with chick breed identification

    They are looking nice, but definitely not Lakenvelders! I notice the legs are yellow now. They are probably one of the yellow-legged breeds that were suggested, such as Leghorn or Phoenix.
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    Shed Coop Idea

    Yes, they will poop on your tools. They will probably also knock things over, and hide eggs in the corners that are hardest to reach. If you put up a divider of wire mesh, that can keep the chickens from directly pooping on your tools, or hiding eggs under the tools. They will still spread lots...
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    Hiya all,looking to cross houdan and plymouth

    I see you did make another thread with your question. I'll put a link here so anyone reading this thread can find it: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/houdan-x-plymouth.1685664/
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    Rooster problem

    That sounds like a really clever idea! I like that the laser pointer makes the other chickens do something to the aggressive one, so she thinks her own flockmates are making her stop :D
  9. NatJ

    Houdan x plymouth

    What results do you want? That can help you figure out which rooster is best. Can you post pictures of your roosters? That would make it easier to predict what color the chicks will be. There are quite a few sets of genes that can make a chicken black/white in color, and several other sets of...
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    Rabbit Housing Question

    I would probably keep them separated. Obviously that prevents fighting. It also lets you control when they mate, so you know when to expect bunnies, and so you can control how often she gets pregnant. If you gave the buck a choice, he would like to breed her as soon as she has given birth...
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    Odd Bird Received

    That white chick does not look like an ISA Brown male. The leg color is a bit wrong. ISA Browns should have yellow legs, but those look a bit green. The comb is definitely wrong. ISA Brown should have single combs, but this is not a single comb. I think it may be a weird version of a pea comb...
  12. NatJ

    Moving with chickens

    Did you do the math for what size it would be? A king-sized mattress is about 6 1/2 feet each direction. That would make about 42 square feet of space. If the common recommendation is for each chicken to have at least 10 square feet in the run, that would be big enough for 4 chickens. If...
  13. NatJ

    Out door dogs

    You're talking about this link, right? I could see the first bit of text (farmer found a bunch of chickens dead one morning). It said he was "Art King of Harvest Valley Farms in Middlesex Township" so I did a few google searches. One of my searches turned up a partial description of the...
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    Moving with chickens

    What climate are you in? That can make a big difference in what kind of housing your chickens need. You might be able to use a coop (enclosed building) with an attached run (their own private yard). Or in some climates, you can do a run with wire mesh sides and a solid roof, and completely...
  15. NatJ

    Chick not growing adult feathers. (is there hope?)

    My first thought would be slow feathering. It might grow up to be perfectly normal, just slow to get the first set of feathers. If you do not like the slow feathering, you will want to mark that chick and not allow it to produce offspring in the future. The slow feathering could have come from...
  16. NatJ

    Asha's Lamb-Along Spring 2026

    "Teat" is the correct spelling.
  17. NatJ

    Asha's Lamb-Along Spring 2026

    Do you keep some kind of records, so you know to watch for similar problems next year, or so you can choose to get rid of her?
  18. NatJ

    Can someone please help me with my rooster?

    Hmm. I would not expect that to cause problems. Probably doesn't get hot enough to burn, doesn't pinch the spurs (and thus the nerves inside), you already said there was no bleeding... I was hoping there would be something obvious, preferably something that would quickly cure itself. But...
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    Can someone please help me with my rooster?

    What did you use to trim the spurs? I wonder if it did something that is causing him pain afterwards (For example: grinding with a dremel tool can make things hot, which could hurt him at the time, and depending on how hot it got, it might hurt for some time afterward as well.)
  20. NatJ

    Unexpected chick colors

    That sounds right to me! Yes, he would have to be heterozygous for extended black, to produce chicks of that color.
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